Monthly Archives: November 2016
This year both major presidential candidates claimed Manhattan as home. It is possible, though, that the spread of a less visible force also named for Manhattan is part of what shook this land, a sort of delayed impact explosion. Why did so many Christians vote Republican in a year when the candidate exhibited behaviors that would have disqualified in other years, and that we hope will be able to disqualify again in the future? In part because the opposition so…..
Toleration carries a connotation of putting up with something that smells, something unattractive. Russell Moore in Onward and John Piper on his blog point out that toleration or mere civility is not enough, that it is kindness that is the objective in how to treat others of differing conscience (faith, morality values). Both of these authors are speaking to followers of Jesus. Kindness in fact is at the heart of many religions that have some form of the golden rule, and sets a high but…..
Update: Nov. 16, 2016: While she does not represent the veteran whose situation is described by Bobby below, the office of Kyrsten Sinema responded to provide help. Her office provided the following escalation steps for any veteran who has contacted his or her own congressperson and yet the issue remained unresolved: 1)Contact the House Committee of Veteran’s Affairs: https://veterans.house.gov/contact 2) File an online complaint at the Office of the Inspector General. http://www.daig.pentagon.mil/readytofile.aspx Thanks Rep. Sinema! Below is the original guest post from Bobby…..
A Review of the Third Edition of Women in the Church by Andreas J. Kostenberger & Thomas R. Schreiner – It is possible in the USA that we’ll have a woman president next week, but it is also possible we’ll have just eliminated the possibility for at least four more years. So it is a poignant time to ruminate on women in authority in the church, since the state has advanced so far. – Women in the Church, 3rd Ed……
Trigger warning: this is not a comfortable topic. The scariest line I ever read from Abraham Kuyper was “Husbands, rule your wives.” [1] He said it in the context of what to do when they were frustrated over matters to which men are not assigned control, like election outcomes and a king’s actions. He was actually trying to encourage men’s submission to governments and to men and women teachers! He said it appearing to understand the victim would feel the…..